504 Itcpo7 t on the Experiments on Ensilage conducted at 
beast. It was a noticeable feature that the animals having' 
silage drank far more water than those eating roots and hay — 
the average daily amount for each silage-fed animal being 
39 lbs., and for each root-fed animal 19 lbs. Mangolds were sub- 
stituted for swedes when the latter were no longer good. The 
whole period of experiment was 113 days, weighings being 
made on February 1, February 13, March 13, and finally on 
April 17, as follows : — 
Receiving Silage. 
Total gain in 
live-weight 
in 113 days. 
Dec. 21. 
Feb. 1. 
Feb. 13. 
March 13. 
April 17. 
No. 1 
No. 2 
No. 3 
No. 4 
Total of 4'! 
bullocks J 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
10 0 18 
10 0 4 
11 3 16 
10 1 22 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
11 1 5 
11 0 0 
12 2 8 
10 3 8 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
11 0 8 
11 2 2 
13 0 3 
11 2 18 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
11 2 0 
11 2 14 
13 1 14 
11 3 7 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
12 0 18 
12 1 7 
13 3 3 
12 2 12 
cwts. qrs.ll>«. 
0 A, 
^ U l> 
2 13 
1 3 15 
2 0 18 
42 2 4 
45 2 21 
47 1 3 
48 1 7 
50 3 12 
8 18 
Receiving Roots and Hay-chaff. 
Total gain in 
live-weight 
in 113 days. 
Dec. 21. 
Feb. 1. 
Feb. 13. 
March 13. 
April 17. 
No. 5 
No. 6 
No. 7 
Xn. 8 
Total of 41 
bullocks J 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
10 0 18 
9 3 6 
11 2 7 
10 2 9 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
11 1 14 
10 2 3 
12 1 10 
11 1 7 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
11 1 23 
10 3 0 
12 2 0 
11 2 0 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
11 2 19 
11 1 0 
13 0 3 
11 3 26 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
12 2 2 
11 3 6 
14 0 0 
13 0 7 
cwts. qrs.lhs. 
2 1 12 
2 0 0 
2 1 21 
2 1 26 
42 0 12 
45 2 G 
46 0 23 
47 3 20 
51 1 15 
9 13 
According to these Tables the daily gains per head during the 
different intervals were — » 
Dec. 21 to 
Feb. 1 to 
Feb. 13 to 
Mar. 13 to 
Feb. 1. 
Feb. 13. 
Mar. 13. 
April 17. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
2 
2J 
n 
2? 
Over the whole period of 113 days. 
lbs. oz. 
Gain jier head daily with Silage 2 1 
„ „ Hoots and Ilay-cbalY .. 2 5 
Daily gain in favour of Eoots and Hay-chafl', 4 oz. \ qx head. 
